Guadalajara (Notimex) .- The expert Javier García de Alba García said that at an initial stage type two diabetes in children can occur asymptomatic unlike adults who get to experience suggestive data between them to urinate more frequently, be more thirst, and present high pressure.
The head of the Social, Epidemiological and Health Services (UISSS) Services Unit of the IMSS in Jalisco highlighted the importance of thoroughly detecting the problem with a simple blood taking.
‘In addition to preventing the disease in principle with a healthy eating and performing daily physical activity for 30 minutes, still in children, '' he said.
He said that type 2 diabetes can be asymptomatic in children, 'unlike adults, not giving demonstrations such as thirst or increasing frequency of urinating, and already giving symptoms when there is any damage or complication, so we must detect it in a formEarly '.
He said that in the preschool and school stage it is essential to maintain a healthy diet and physical activity, with both measures it is possible to prevent type two diabetes in children and adolescents and even reverse it in early stages.
He explained that together with genetic factors, that in the case of having a diabetic father, it increases the risk of children developing the disease up to 25 percent, and in 50 percent if both are, other conditions such as overweight and obesity,Hypertension, and sedentary lifestyle, raise the possibility of developing the condition.
He explained that diabetes can be developed from uterine life, because poor nutrition in pregnant women can produce an inadequate function of the pancreas in the child, which will cause insulin resistance, especially in the first three months of pregnancy,stage in which the baby's organs are formed.
He pointed out that in the case of children with type 1 diabetes, the disease occurs from birth without intervening external factors because of origin the pancreas presents defects that prevent the blood glucose from metabolizing properly.
He mentioned that about 95 percent of the cases of children's and youth diabetes correspond to type 2, while 5 percent remaining is of type 1.
He said that in puberty and adolescence the risk of diabetes is raised due to hormonal changes and that many young people can gain weight at this stage and also some begin in alcohol consumption, which increases blood glucose levels or bloodof tobacco that elevates cholesterol.
He stressed that it is essential that good habits and healthy eating are reinforced in adolescence because in the adult stage they will persist and it will be difficult to counteract the risks, hence the importance of preventing the disease from childhood and youth.
He commented that as in adults, diabetes in children and adolescents can lead to renal damage, hyperglycemia, hypertension, sight damage, ulcers, frequent urinary infections and even proliferation of fungi in the skin and nails.
He said that life expectancy in diabetic people without control and in advanced states is reduced from 10 to 15 years, 'and the quality of it is diminished, so children with diabetes when they reach the adult stage can present states ofvery deteriorated health '.
He stressed that another factor for children's and youth diabetes is that the practice of adequate physical exercise is not always guaranteed in school spaces, 'coupled with being tempted to eat junk food, in addition to the estimated that up to 40% of childrenIn Mexico they see more than two hours of television 'daily.
He indicated that to prevent disease from childhood ‘it is important to include fruits and vegetables in daily food, food and dinner, consumeAll groups of basic foods such as cereals, proteins, fats, fruits and vegetables.
As well as taking at least one to two liters of natural water a day, and carrying out cardiovascular exercise preferably swimming, bicycle or walk.
On the consumption of sweets, he pointed out that although it should be restricted, the child cannot be prohibited completely, ‘so parents are recommended to allow their eventual intake in the infant and counteract their effects with additional physical activity’.